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BUCKSHOT MAY HAVE BEEN USED
Governor Hints Error in
Block Student Killings
By Martin Waldron
Special To The New York Times
BATON ROUGE, November
17 Two young black men
slain in a campus confrontation
yesterday were “possibly” shot
by a policeman who
mistakenly loaded a buckshot
shell instead of a tear-gas shell,
Gov. Edwin W. Edwards said
today.
The remark came at a news
conference on the fourth floor
of Louisiana’s skycraper state
capitol.
Last night the Governor said
that neither the state police
nor county sheriffs deputies
had fired anything but tear gas
in the melee on the campus of
Southern University here.
“From this distance,” the
Governor said, gesturing
toward a row of seats 10 feet
away, “you can’t tell one of
the shotgun shells from a
tear-gas shell.”
The local coroner, Dr.
Hypolite Landry, said that
each of the two black men had
been killed by three lead
pellets that struck him in the
, left side of the head.
The pellets were “not
inconsistent” with being from
No. 3 or No. 4 buckshot, Dr.
Landry said. He said that a
buckshot pellet of this size
would be about the same
WHITES ARE GENUINE’
Black Church Joins Southern
Baptist Convention
The Rev. J.A. Wilborn,
pastor of the Union Baptist
Church in Atlanta, announced
that his church has joined the
previously all white Southern
Baptist Convention. Rev.
Wilborn is President of the
New Era Missionary Baptist
Convention, said that only
seven members of Southern
Baptist Convention opposed
the admission of the
predominantly Black Church.
“L think that people on both
sides of the racial line are
beginning to think seriously”
and realize that “we are going
to have to learn how to live
together; that we are going to
have to learn how to respect
each one and believe that
each other can make a
contribution to the other ... 1
am looking forward to the day
when the Baptist of Georgia
will be Baptists,” with no racial
labels.
Rev. Wilborn said he had not
heard one word of resentment
stemming from the decision to
join the Southern Baptist
Convention. “The only calls
I’ve had have been from whites
who called to congratulate us;
they felt that it was time for
this to happen. They welcomed
us. They said ‘We’re glad to
have you’.”
Wilborn says that he “sees a
change” on the part of whites
because “they’re convinced
that we’re all tied up in the
bundle of life together.” He
pointed out that the Southern
Baptist Convention’s Board of
Missions had contributed
$20,000 to the New Era
Missionary Baptist Convention
which met in Augusta last
week. Another $5,000 has
been added for the salary of a
secretary for the Convention.
“They know what we’re
trying to do and there was no
weight as a ,22-caliber slug.
The Justice Department
announced in Washington
today that it was beginning an
investigation of the
confrontation between
Southern University students
and the police. Deputy
Attorney General Ralph E.
Erickson said that the Federal
Bureau of Investigation had
been asked to determine if
there had been any violation of
Federal law in the melee,
which bagan when the police
ordered the students to vacate
the administration building at
Southern, the nation’s largest
black college.
Governor Edwards said that
he “welcomed” the Federal
investigation and added that
the state would cooperate. At
the same time, he said, the
state wiil undertake its own
inquiry.
State Aides Accused
The state investigation will
be headed by State Attorney
General William Guste, the
Governor said.
Governor Edwards said he
was not “speculating” that the
fatal shots had been
accidentally fired by deputy
sheriffs but he said it was
“possible” and could not be
discounted.
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begging or pressure. They
sought an opportunity to help.
They realize that if they don’t
help the Black church now,
they won’t get many more
opportunities, because we are
getting further apart. They
are reaching out towards us
more than we are toward them.
It is not healthy for religion
that we have two separate and
distinct groups of Christians
because of color.
“I believe that Southern
whites are really at work on
tiiis problem. I’m convinced
they they’re genuine.”
Rev. Wilborn regularly has
white worshippers at his
services at Union Baptist. He
has baptized some of them. He
explains, “For one thing, they
mistake our church. They
Sheriff Al Amiss was present
at the Governor’s news
conference but left by a back
door of the conference room
when reporters asked if they
could question him.
While the investigations were
being ordered, some Southern
students were accusing state
officials of plotting to murder
student leaders at the
state-supported university.
The students have been
demanding a bigger voice in the
administration of Southern
which has a main campus at
Baton Rouge and branch
campuses at New Orleans and
Shreveport.
Fred Prejean, the main
spokesman for dissident
students, said at a news
conference in Baton Rouge,
“The incident which took
place yesterday we believe was
a conspiracy on the part of the
president of Southern
University, Leon Netterville;
the sheriff, Al Amiss, and the
Governor of this state.”
Calls Educator ‘Concerned’
Mr. Prejean, who was in jail
at the time of the
confrontation; said there
appeared to be a pattern.
“There was the Kent State
Rev. J. A. Wilborn
think it’s a white church. It’s
built on the style of Southern
Baptist.” Black members have
criticized the church’s
architectural style saying that
tht balcony represents slavery.
Rev. Wilborn argues that the
balcony represents “overflow.”
“I ain’t got no hang-ups. I’m
an American.” His paternal
grandfather was white. But he
says his mother’s father was
the color of his shoes.“ Color
doesn’t mean anything to me.
God made us all. But he’s got
some helluva children. I admit
that, Black and white. And
that white one has shown
himself to be the meanest thing
almost on this earth. But some
of them are good ones, trying
to do right, putting forth a
concious effort.”
THE PEOPLE’S PAPER
Augusta, Georgia
murder, a Jackson State
murder and a Texas State
murder, and yesterday there
was a murder of Southern
University students,” Mr.
Prejean said.
Charlene Hardnett, another
student, said that student
leaders had viewed television
film of the confrontation on
the sprawling campus north of
Baton Rouge.
“Two students that were
standing around were shot
down, were murdered,” Miss
Hardnett said. “We are aware
of the fact that Dr. Netterville
sets students up for mass
slaughter.”
Dr. Netterville was not
available for comment today.
Governor Edwards said that
he did not blame the university
president for “maintaining a
Augustans Give Thanks
Mrs. Rosa T. Beard, who
earlier this year, was faced
with an eviction notice or!
the home she had built,
paid for and lived in for
almost 20 years. She
recently learned that the
home had been built on
the wrong lot. Mrs. Beard
wishes to thank all the
persons who came to her
assistance. She was able to
secure a loan to buy the
lot on which her home was
mistakenly built.
Mr. and Mrs. Livingston
Wallace wish to thank the
organizations and friends
who have assisted them
during her illness. Mrs.
Willette Stone Wallace
receives treatments twice a
week from a very costly
Alumnus Impressed
With Paine’s Growth
Among the regional directors
of Paine College Alumni
Association returning to the
campus last week was
Lawrence Hutcherson of the
Class of‘6l.
Hutcherson, a native of St.
Simon’s Island, now lives in
Chicago and is employed as
Assistant Director of Children
Services by the Department of
Health Education and Welfare.
He has been with HEW for 714
years.
He serves as president of the
Chicago chapter of the PC
Alumni Association. As a
regional director for the
Association, he is responsible
for maintaining contact with
Alumni in the States bordering
Illinois. His Chicago Chapter
has approximately fifty
members.
Visiting Paine for the first
time since he graduated 11
years ago, Hutcherson said he
was “amazed” at the growth of
the College. He gave each
building a personal inspection
reviving mernories of his
student days. “I was very much
impressed with what I saw.”
He was also impressed by the
fact that a number of his
classmates now serve on the
low profile.”
“He’s very concerned,” the
Governor said, “about reports
they’re out to get him.”
The sheriff’s office said
tonight that it still had not
learned the identity of one of
the two slain men. A
spokesman said that the man’s
fingerprints had been sent to
tlie state police and to the
F. 8.1. in Washington.
Governor Edwards said that
the state police had been
unable to identify the body
and that no report had yet
been received from the Federal
agency.
The Governor said the fact
that no one at the university
had been able to identify the
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dialysis machine which
takes over the function of
her Tii’e Waliitces
have announced that she
will soon receive a dialysis
machine from the
American Kidney Society,
which will relieve most of
their financial burden.
They emphasized that
they are not making an
appeal. They just want to
say thanks.
Mrs. Wallace taught in
the public schools for 38
years.
Let us all pause and give
thanks for our blessings,
for the triumphs over our
personal struggles, and for
strength that we may live
to make someone rise’s
burden a little easier.
L/,.
Lawrence Hutcherson
faculty and staff. “These
individuals,” he said, “have not
only selected Paine as the
institution to provide them
with the tools necessary to deal
in life, but also thought enough
of the college to return to help
the brothers and sisters who
are coming along at a later
date.
Hutcherson’s wife, the
former Earnestine Robinson, is
also a Paineite. They have a
son, Andricus Augustus, ten
months old.
Phone 722-4555
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The CSRA Business League is
having its Second Annual
Awards Banquet Saturday,
December 2, 1972 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Richmond Hotel.
Working on the souvenir
booklet for the banquet are
(left to right) Miss Edwena
Jones, Mrs. Lunette Brigham,
Mclntyre To Head
State Organization
MACON - Edward M.
Mclntvre. member of the
Richmond County Board of,
Commissioners, was elected
Saturday as president of the
newly organized Georgia
Association for Black Elected
Officials at a meeting here.
The group’s inception came
in Augusta last spring during
discussions by black officials
gathered to participate in
“Jack Ruffin Day,” Mclntyre
said. This weekend’s approval
of a constitution and by-laws
Hollowell Returns
To Augusta
Outstanding civil rights
attorney Donald Hollowell
returned to Augusta Sunday as
Men’s Day speaker at Trinity
C.M.E. Church. Hollowell was
the chief attorney in the early
years of the civil rights struggle
in Augusta.
Hollowell chastised Blacks
who drive “whale tail
Cadillacs” and “live in tri and
quad level homes” but aren’t
supporting our schools and
churches. A former president
of the Alumni Council of the
United Negro College Fund, he
said it was Paine College
students who showed the
“guts’’ and “led' this
community during the early
sixties.”
Hollowell is currently the
regional director of the Equal
Employment Commission. He
McGovern Gets 87%
of Black Vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A
survey of sample black
precincts and wards in 22
major cities shows that George
McGovern won about 87 per
cent of the black vote while
President Nixon received about
12 per cent.
The Center estimates that in
1968 Hubert H. Humphrey
won 90 per cent of the black
vote and Richard Nixon won
10 per cent, based on an
extrapolation of estimates
made by a Gallup Poll and
NBC News.
The Center’s survey was
November 22, 1972 No. 36
Mrs. Arnestine Howard, Miss
Ella Tutt, Noble Benefield,
Joseph Jones, Harvey Johnson,
John Radeck and Mrs. Naomi
Walker.
The speaker will be Dr.
Berkeley G. Burrell, President
of the National Business
League, Washington. D.C. We
and election of officials in the
Macon Ijilton concluded
months of efforts by persons
throughout the state, the new
president said.
The purpose of the
organizations was stated by the
president as “an organization
to improve the efficiency of
black elected officials in
Georgia through
self-improvement programs.
The organization is not
designed to work against
anybody but only to try to fill
has the jurisdiction over the
States of Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Tennessee,
Kentucky, North Carolina and
South Carolina.
Frequently quoting from
Malcom Boyd’s book of
prayers ARE YOU RUNNING
WITH ME JESUS, Hollowell
said separatism is not the
solution for freedom. “The
panacea for freedom is Chirst,
not in building a new nation. If
we have a new birth, we can
have pride in Blackness, but is
is a mistake to make Black the
standard for right.”
Others appearing on the
program included Y.N. Meyers,
Jr., James Dunn, Bernard
Morgan, Bert Thomas,
Attorney John Watkins and
Mrs. Mary E. Terrell. Rev. L.R.
Neal is the pastor.
based on unofficial returns in
heavily black election districts.
The Joint Center for Political
Studies is a private,
non-partisan organization
which provides research,
education and technical
assistance to black and other
minority group elected
officials, and to individuals and
organizations representing
minority group interests.
According to the Center’s
survey, the city giving Mr.
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are expecting 500 guests at this
gala affair.
Tickets for the banquet are
on sale at Pilgrim Insurance
Company, Gephert Drug,
Georgia Railroad Bank,
Gwinnett Street Branch and
the Business League’s office.
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Edward Mclntyre
educational void for black
officials. We are not geared to
endorse candidates nor do we
want to be involved in that sort
of thing,” Mclntyre said.
Elected to serve with
Mclntyre were State Senator
Horace Ward, Atlanta,
vice-president; State Rep.
Albert Thomas, Columbus,
treasurer; State Rep. Ben
Brown, Atlanta, secretary; Mrs.
Delores Cook, Bibb County
Board of Education, assistant
secretary.
Sectional chairmen include
State Sen. Leroy Johnson,
Atlanta, black state officials;
George Lott, Hancock County
Board of Commissioners,
county officials; Maynard
Jackson, Atlanta, vice-mayor,
Atlanta, city officials and Dr.
R.J. Martin, Bibb County
School Board, school board
members.
Mclntyre, assistant
vice-president and director of
public relations for Pilgrim Life
Insurance, said quarterly
meetings will be conducted at
different sites in the state with
the next session scheduled for
January in Atlanta.
A continued effort to gain
black steering committee
members from each of the
state’s 10 congressional
districts will be made, the
president said.
Mclntyre said, “I am
honored to be elected
president of an organization
designed to help all Georgians
and feel this brings honor to
the whole Richmond County
community.”
